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TLDR: I am very happy with results, it was totally worth it. Dr. Reichel and her entire office is amazing. I am uploading day by day photos, so that you can see the recovery trajectory for yourself.
I should say that my first experience with Dr. Reichel was 4 years ago, as an exceptional Mohs surgeon. She removed a very challenging (due to location and size) BCC on my then 80 year old Dad, with excellent outcome. I have been seeing her since, for routine maintenance like Botox and Fraxel.
I have had a permanent fold under my left eye pretty much as long as I can remember, and I thought that maybe it's something that could be smoothed out with either ultherapy or an extra laser treatment. But after taking a closer look this summer, Dr. Reichel said that this is an eye bag and it would take blepharoplasty to smooth it out. I knew that I was in excellent hands with Dr. Reichel as a surgeon, but it still took me 6 months to make up my mind, b/c I am more of a conservative "maintenance" kind of person, and it took me time to research and work up courage to go ahead with the procedure.
I ended up doing lower bleph with simultaneous 30 percent TCA peel. There are a number of published peer reviewed papers on this combination of procedures going back literally 30 years, which to me was very reassuring, because it helped me understand that this was a well established procedure with predictable outcomes in the hands of someone as highly qualified as Dr. Reichel.
The recovery took 6 days. I did take a week and a half of work, but as of day 6 I could go back to VC and no one would know any better. The procedure itself was completely painless. The recovery was definitely rougher than Fraxel, especially the first 2 days. The most important thing imo is to take all the physical restrictions very seriously. On the 5th day I lifted a couple of heavy boxes and bent a little too low, and that night I ended up having blood tinged tears. I called the office and Marcella reassured me that this was not unusual, and just stick to the post op regimen for a few more days.
TLDR: I am very happy with the results, it was totally worth it. Dr. Reichel and her entire office is amazing. I am uploading day by day photos, so that you can see the recovery trajectory for yourself.
I should say that my first experience with Dr. Reichel was 4 years ago, as an exceptional Mohs surgeon. She removed a very challenging (due to location and size) BCC on my then 80 year old Dad, with excellent outcome. I have been seeing her since, for routine maintenance like Botox and Fraxel.
I have had a permanent fold under my left eye pretty much as long as I can remember, and I thought that maybe it's something that could be smoothed out with either ultherapy or an extra laser treatment. But after taking a closer look this summer, Dr. Reichel said that this is an eye bag and it would take blepharoplasty to smooth it out. I knew that I was in excellent hands with Dr. Reichel as a surgeon, but it still took me 6 months to make up my mind, b/c I am more of a conservative "maintenance" kind of person, and it took me time to research and work up courage to go ahead with the procedure.
I ended up doing lower bleph with simultaneous 30 percent TCA peel. There are a number of published peer reviewed papers on this combination of procedures going back literally 30 years, which to me was very reassuring, because it helped me understand that this was a well established procedure with predictable outcomes in the hands of someone as highly qualified as Dr. Reichel.
The recovery took 6 days. I did take a week and a half of work, but as of day 6 I could go back to VC and no one would know any better. The procedure itself was completely painless. The recovery was definitely rougher than Fraxel, especially the first 2 days. The most important thing imo is to take all the physical restrictions very seriously. On the 5th day I lifted a couple of heavy boxes and bent a little too low, and that night I ended up having blood tinged tears. I called the office and Marcella reassured me that this was not unusual, and just stick to the post op regimen for a few more days.
TLDR: I am very happy with the results, it was totally worth it. Dr. Reichel and her entire office is amazing. I am uploading day by day photos, so that you can see the recovery trajectory for yourself.
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Board Certified Dermatologist
Pacific 11011 Meridian Ave. N, Seattle, Washington